Tech & Industry
For decades, technology expanded faster than the rules meant to govern it. By 2025, that balance flipped. As systems became too embedded and costly to reverse, governments stopped trusting markets to fix problems later and began setting limits up front.
Tech & Industry
Governments now frame open data flows as a security threat. Under the banner of sovereignty, rules meant to protect citizens are fragmenting the internet, slowing research, narrowing dissent, and shifting power upward—often without real oversight.
Tech & Industry
AI’s rise is testing the limits of the physical world. Data centers now rival cities in their thirst for power and water, while chip supply chains strain global resources. The cost of intelligence isn’t just digital — it’s planetary.
Tech & Industry
Shutdowns, censorship, and undersea fragility are dismantling the world’s last shared space. The open internet is dying—and what replaces it will shape global power for decades.
Geopolitics & Power
Europe’s old model—security from the U.S., supply chains from China, and cheap energy from Russia—has collapsed. Part I of this GYST series traces how the EU is rebuilding sovereignty in defense, energy, and tech, and what it must do next to become a true strategic actor.
Tech & Industry
ASEAN’s enlargement and upgraded trade deals are turning Southeast Asia into the new workshop of global manufacturing. Between U.S. friend-shoring and Chinese industrial outreach, a rebalanced regional economy is taking shape.
Tech & Industry
AI is now writing policy, advising generals and routing decisions at machine-speed. Democracies may be playing catch-up — and the key isn’t ideology, it’s capacity.
Tech & Industry
Software is becoming the world’s quiet constitution. This essay shows how control over code, data, and infrastructure is reshaping power — and what that means for everyday life.
Tech & Industry
Crypto promised freedom from the state. Instead, it has become a new frontier of state power. Across the Global South, digital currencies and token systems are redefining what sovereignty means in a fractured financial world.
Tech & Industry
Industry 5.0 is not just about tech, but power. As machines and people integrate, the next industrial age reshapes who leads, who lags, and who controls the rules of production.
Tech & Industry
AI is shifting from cloud servers to the devices in your hand. China is driving this move with Huawei and domestic chips, reshaping features, privacy, and prices. The geopolitics of on-device AI will decide what tools you get, and who sets the rules.
Tech & Industry
China’s next five-year plan will move AI from slogan to system — embedding it in factories, public services, and supply chains. The shift aims to boost productivity, reduce reliance on foreign tech, and shape how global markets and consumers feel the ripple effects.